The Streetfighter's Last Revenge
(1974)
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The Streetfighter's Last Revenge
(1974)
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| Sonny Chiba | ... | ||
| Reiko Ike | ... |
Aya Ôwada
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Kôji Wada | ... |
Takera Kunigami
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Tatsuo Endô | ... |
Rikizo Watanabe
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Akira Shioji | ... |
Gô Ôwada
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Tsuyoshi Ôtsuka | ... |
Ittetsu Sakuragi
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Frankie Black | ... |
Dorian Howard
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Shingo Yamashiro | ... |
TV Anchor
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Masafumi Suzuki | ... |
Kendo Masaoka
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Etsuko Shihomi | ... |
Kahô Huo-Feng
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Masaharu Arikawa | ... |
Takao Nagatomo
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Cathy | ... |
Kimiko Nakayama
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Willy Dosey | ... |
Wolf
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| Seizô Fukumoto | ... |
Gondo
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Jan Hermanson | ... |
Billy
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Terry Sugury is hired to recover one of two tapes containing a formula for making heroin for a price of 200 dollars a pound. But he gets double crossed. So he wants the tape back. Written by Henrik Madsen <henrikm@daimi.aau.dk>
Oddly, by this sequel, Takuma Tsurugi is no longer the pulverising machine of the first two but an almost heroic figure. Granted he's still pretty much a mercenary, but he doesn't pound the tar out of everybody like he used to and there's only one or two grisly bits. He's more just a cool amoral hero and he gets pitted against some interesting foes. There's a bird calling man who the film maker's try to make out is better than our hero, a laser wielding mariachi and the divine Reiko Ike as a gangsters sister. Also the pretty Etsuko Shiomi appears fighting ably on Tsurugi's side. The film is not short of fighting and has a decent plot too. Unfortunately this does not have the impact of the first two. The fight scenes seem more contrived, the choreography less inspired and the final foe is a little weak. I had a swell time with it, maybe because I really like Japanese cult films and martial arts, but it was still a tiny bit disappointing and certainly not such a good idea to take away Sonny Chiba's wild brutality. Still, definitely recommended if this sort of thing appeals.